Orange Candy Cake

Name: Orange Candy Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 2 cups sugar; 4 eggs; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 cup buttermilk; 4 cups all-purpose flour; 14 ounces dates, cut into pieces; 2 cups chopped nuts; 1 cup coconut, flaked; 1 lb orange slice candy, cut into pieces

10 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
4 cups all-purpose flour
14 ounces dates, cut into pieces
2 cups chopped nuts
1 cup coconut, flaked
1 lb orange slice candy, cut into pieces

Directions

1

Cream butter with gr.
2

sugar, add eggs, one at a time.
3

Creaming well after each.
4

Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
5

Alternate butter mixture and 3 1/2 C flour.
6

Mix remaining 1/2 C flour with dates, candy pieces,& nuts.
7

Add to flour mixture with coconut.
8

Pour batter into 10 inch tube pan (greased& floured) Bake 250* for 3 hours.
9

Frost with Orange Candy Frosting.
10

NOTES: This cake may be kept in refrigerator two weeks if wrapped in foil or plastic.